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Ev Williams2 days ago

Kurt Vonnegut on the Shapes of Stories

Brilliant

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Marsha Nathanson in The CoffeeliciousApr 22 min read

I Love To Write. How About You?

I never dreamed of being a writer. I never read the great works of literature. My university curriculum…

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Serial2 days ago5 min read

How the Art Comes Together

by Whitney Dangerfield, Digital Editor

When artist Carl Burton and I started working on the art for this season, we came up with one overall rule: no people. “I personally like that,” Carl said, “because then it’s about creating a space where you’re not…

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Katy Newton, Karin Soukup in Stanford d.school5 days ago11 min read

The Storyteller’s Guide to the Virtual Reality Audience

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Andy Raskin2 days ago1 min read

Kurt Vonnegut on the Shapes of Stories

Ev Williams

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Vonnegut’s Shapes for Founders

In my classes at General Assembly, I’ve been borrowing Vonnegut’s axes (and a rough version of a couple of his shapes) from this video to help entrepreneurs better convey what their companies do.

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Marsha Nathanson in The CoffeeliciousApr 52 min read

Without her

Mother’s Day without my mother is hell. Without her, the second Sunday in May is just another Sunday in May. Some years, Mother’s Day has…

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zamer in M en españolFeb 232 min read

¿Quién diablos escribió «El diario de Ana Frank» y por qué no importa?

«No se nos permite tener nuestra propia opinión. La gente quiere que mantengamos la boca cerrada, pero eso no te impide tener tu propia opinión. Todo el mundo debe poder decir lo que piensa».

Aura Wilming2 days ago3 min read

“…I have better debates with the voices in my head that with my class mates!…why are you laughing?”

My daughter is a born story teller. For any other child a mention of voices in their head might cause a mother to worry about the child’s mental health. I don’t…

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